×3180“Omg I love the way u render eyes! How I render eyes:”
@art57998 · 2.5K followers
This creator normally gets 1.1K views. This one got 3.5M. That gap — not the raw number — is what makes the format worth copying.
The video shows a digital artist using a stylus on a tablet to replace the pupils of a digitally drawn eye with a rainbow-colored, cartoon apple with a face. The process is repeated for the second eye, and then the artist zooms out to show the finished artwork with the cartoon apples in the eyes.
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Why it worked
The video works because it uses a popular meme format to create a humorous and unexpected reveal. The initial text creates curiosity, and the visual gag of replacing detailed eye rendering with a simple, funny cartoon is highly shareable and relatable to artists who might feel their process is less glamorous than perceived.
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